Cars

Dear Editor: I think we should go back to horse and carriage life. I am sick and tired of cars! There are so many reasons why we should go back to horse and carriage life. Car accidents happen. Who wants to get in a car accident? I don't. First of all, cars hit the back of other cars. When cars go too fast, they will hit the car ahead of them. When people text or talk on their cell phones they can go into another lane and they can go head on and that is very dangerous. If we stopped using cars we would have no pollution.

HAYES TOWNSHIP - A championship series race, featuring 1/8-scale remote control (R/C) cars capable of hairpin turns, jumps and speeds of 45 mph, takes place today (Saturday) on a dirt track at the corner of Alba Road and Mt. Jack Road. The competition is the sixth in the inaugural eight-race Michigan State Championship Series and will be “the biggest race in the area ever,” according to promoter Ron Jackson. R/C cars and trucks race in various divisions and heats. On average, the 2- or 4-wheel-drive cars are about 16 inches long by a foot wide, weigh between 14 and 16 pounds and can launch several feet in the air off jumps.

PETOSKEY - Law enforcement officials seek to remind area residents that if it's hot outside, it's even hotter in a car that's turned off. "Everybody knows how hot it can get in a car in a very short time," said Boyne City Police Department interim chief Craig Remsberg. A vehicle that's turned off and closed up, or even mostly closed up, can reach dangerous temperatures for children or pets left inside, he said. According to the National Weather Service website , if it's 80 degrees outside, the temperature inside a car can reach 123 degrees in 60 minutes - conditions that can result in hyperthermia deaths.

Mark Beardslee "Population is power," she intoned solemnly, and quite seriously, as the classroom discussion moved forward. She was a young Korean woman, an English as a Second Language student in one of my classes, and she was advancing an old theory of international relations: that in the defense of a homeland, population matters more than anything else. Although this has been disproved time and again since the medieval age of conquest, she would not relent, disagreeing vehemently with the notion that there was any such thing as overpopulation, at least in her country.

To the Editor: With the rising cost of gas, many folks are returning to bicycling, walking, running or using a scooter or moped to travel to and from work, stores, churches or family activities. Their main concern is their safety and in a country where cars kill over forty five thousand people each year, their concerns are justified. Unfortunately, those involved with the planning and building of our roadways are focusing on the large, fast, expensive vehicles, at the expense of small cars, those on scooters, those on bicycles, those in tennis shoes, those in walking shoes, those in wheelchairs and those with crutches or walkers, and ignoring ?

BOYNE CITY - When it comes to cars, Bill Detlaff doesn't just talk the talk. The 49-year-old Boyne City resident has been in the automotive business for nearly 22 years, the last six of which have been as service manager at Subaru by the Bay in Bay Shore. "I don't build cars - I just try to keep them on the road," Detlaff said. The service manager said the key to keeping cars on the road is keeping up on maintenance, especially oil changes. He sold his last car at 317,000 miles and still sees it on the road today.

From deer and trees to cars and trucks, Tony Reynolds has seen just about every kind of ding, dent and destruction a car can incur. The former owners of Judy?s Restaurant of Charlevoix, Edward R. and Judie G. Johnson, who recently founded A & E Collision at the former site of Russell?s Auto body at 06395 US 31, are counting on Reynolds 22-plus years of auto body experience. ?We are a full-service shop. We work on all makes and models, foreign and domestic,? Edward Johnson said.

ATLANTA - Real cars, real roads, and real fast: That's the Sno-Drift Rally Thursday, Jan. 27 through Saturday, Jan. 29, a performance road rally that has real cars competing on real roads. "Cars reach up and over 100 miles per hour," said Cathy Grachal, Lewiston Chamber of Commerce executive director. The event begins Thursday with registration from 1 to 9 p.m. at the Atlanta Senior Center. At 2 p.m., technical inspection begins and runs throughout the evening until 9 p.m. at the new Atlanta School Bus Garage, located on County Road 489, one-quarter mile west of County Road 487, one mile south of town.

Roads were first paved for bicycles, says Christian Janssens. Janssens owns Latitude 45 Bicycles and Fitness and Ride 45 Boards and BMX, both located in Petoskey. He is also a board member of Top of Michigan Trails Council. “Back in the 1920s, cyclists were getting flat tires all the time. They started paving the roads for the bicycles, and cars came onto the roads,” he said. “The cars benefitted from it.” His claim is supported by the organization League of American Bicyclists - formed originally in 1880 as The League of American Wheelmen in order to rally for paved roads.

In 1910, the Elmira Township community of Hallock ? which no longer exists ? was a thriving little town with a population of around 300 people. The Feb. 11, 1910, issue of the Otsego County Herald and Times provided the following profile of life in Hallock: ?Regarding Hallock as a suburb ? A writer in Boyne Citizen has a few flighty tales to tell? Hallock is a small town of something less than 300 population situated on the B.C.G. & A. Railroad eight miles from Gaylord, the county seat of Otsego County.

BOYNE FALLS -- A Petoskey man was injured in a rollover traffic crash involving a deer in Charlevoix County's Hudson Township early today, Thursday. Charlevoix County Sheriff Don Schneider identified the injured man as Michael Luni, 25, of Petoskey. Authorities said Luni complained of back pain and was transported to McLaren Northern Michigan by Boyne Valley Township Ambulance as a precaution. Deputies said the crash happened around 4 a.m. on Thumb Lake Road near Hudson Stone Road.

A Petoskey man is facing charges in Cheboygan County after stealing two cars in Petoskey. Michigan State Police troopers came across Justin Linden, 30, who had crashed a stolen vehicle into the ditch around 1:40 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19 on Straits Highway near M-68. It was the second of two vehicles Linden had stolen the previous day. The first was stolen on Wednesday afternoon, said Petoskey director of public safety John Calabrese. “Later, in the evening, one of our officers saw the vehicle, attempted to stop it, and the suspect fled,” said Calabrese.

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY - A 30-year-old Petoskey man has been arrested after admitting he stole a car and fled officers. Troopers from the Petoskey detachment of the Michigan State Police came upon a vehicle in the ditch on Straits Highway near M-68 on Thursday around 1:40 a.m., according to a press release from the Michigan State Police. The driver was arrested for operating under the influence of drugs, driving on a revoked license, providing false information to the police “and for several warrants the subject had statewide,” according to the release.

GAYLORD - Officers were dispatched at 1:30 a.m. Sept. 10 to McDonald's, 716 W. Main St., for a subject who was slumped over the wheel of his vehicle in the parking lot. Reports indicate that the vehicle was in park but the engine was running. Officers determined that the subject, a 37-year-old Corunna man, was intoxicated. The subject was arrested for driving while intoxicated and transported to the Otsego County Jail where he was lodged. Woman has improper plate, no insurance Officers on patrol on Main Street near Center Street stopped a vehicle for an improper license plate.

ELMIRA TWP. - Deputies responded to Otsego Memorial Hospital for the report of a vehicle vs. bicycle hit-and-run at 9:20 p.m. Sept. 11. According to reports, the bicyclist, a 20-year-old Elmira man, was riding his bike home on Hallenius Road in Elmira Township when a vehicle traveling south on Stonycroft Road did not stop at the stop sign and hit him broadside. The vehicle, possibly a small pickup, dark in color, continued west on Hallenius Road toward M-32. The incident occurred around 8:40 p.m. Sept.

VANDERBILT - Vintage and muscle cars will be cruising around town at the Vanderbilt second annual Auto Show and Swap Meet on Saturday. Doug & Shelly Slagel, owners of Mill Street Pizza, 7800 Mill St., are organizing this year's event. “The event will last from 9 a.m. until the festivities close,” Shelly said. “The parade will take place at 9 a.m. The Mill Street diner next to us will be open for those who want to have breakfast before the parade.“ Shelly said the cars will cruise during the parade, park most of the day, and do another cruise in the evening.

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - The father of a 16-month-old boy who died after he was left inside a car in suburban Detroit has been formally charged with child abuse. Henry Ogene was arraigned Saturday in Pontiac's 50th District Court on a charge of child abuse-leaving a child in a vehicle resulting in death. Authorities say he must surrender his passport if he posts a $5,000 bond. The Oakland County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of Odeshi Ogene's death was hyperthermia. Undersheriff Mike McCabe says he doesn't know if Henry Ogene has an attorney.

Cheryl "Cherie" Lynn (Bradshaw) Van De Car, 61 of Boyne City, Mich., departed for her heavenly home on Sept. 1, 2013 A memorial service in her honor, will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Boyne City United Methodist Church. Attendees are encouraged to wear purple to commemorate her. Cherie was born in Mount Morris, Mich., on June 10, 1952, to Raymond and Ferol (Smith) Bradshaw. While living there, she graduated from Mount Morris High School (1970) as well as Baker Business College.

It's the 21st year for the Crooked River Firefighters Antique Car and Truck Show, which got its start as an event hosted by the Alanson sports boosters. “When they got to the point, about 10 years ago, that they didn't have the manpower to do it, we just kind of took it over,” explained Brian Drayton, the chairman of the show. This year car owners are invited to register the day of the show starting at 8 a.m. for a fee of $15. The public may look the entries over from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

Sarah Magdalen (King) VanDeCar, of Petoskey, made her journey home on Aug. 29, 2013, at Hiland Cottage in Petoskey, surrounded by her loving family. Sarah was born on April 24, 1937, in Petoskey, to Mary (Kenoshmeg) and Martin King. Sarah attended Good Hart School in Good Hart, attended Holy Childhood of Jesus School in Harbor Springs, and graduated from Harbor Springs High School in Harbor Springs. She graduated from Mercy Central School of Nursing in Grand Rapids in December 1958 and worked as a registered nurse for 37 years until her retirement in 1995.